2025 European Tour

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2025 European Tour season
Duration21 November 2024 (2024-11-21) – 16 November 2025 (2025-11-16)
Number of official events42 [a]
2024
2026

The 2025 European Tour, titled as the 2025 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 54th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Contents

It is the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021. [1]

Changes for 2025

The initial part of the schedule was announced in August 2024, with the "Opening Swing" events confirmed. [2] Tournaments in Australia and Southern Africa were confirmed, with the return of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, which had not been part of the 2024 season due to scheduling changes. [3] The Joburg Open and the Investec South African Open Championship were dropped from the Opening Swing, being rescheduled to March. [4] The remainder of the schedule was announced in November 2024. [5] [6] As part of the announcement, it was confirmed that the Turkish Open and Austrian Open would return to the schedule for the first time since 2019 and 2021, respectively.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2025 season. [15]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
R2D
points
Winner [b] OWGR
points
Other
tours [c]
Notes
24 Nov BMW Australian PGA Championship AustraliaA$2,000,0003,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elvis Smylie (1)13.03 ANZ
1 Dec ISPS Handa Australian Open AustraliaA$1,700,0003,000 Flag of the United States.svg Ryggs Johnston (1)13.56 ANZ
8 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa6,000,0004,000 Flag of the United States.svg Johannes Veerman (2)20.90 AFR
15 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa€1,500,0003,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris (2)17.78 AFR
22 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius1,500,0003,000 Flag of England.svg John Parry (2)10.95 AFR
19 Jan Hero Dubai Desert Classic UAE9,000,0008,000 Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton (8)34.36 Rolex Series
26 Jan Ras Al Khaimah Championship UAE2,500,0003,500 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro del Rey (1)23.20
2 Feb Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship Bahrain2,500,0003,500 Flag of England.svg Laurie Canter (2)21.26
9 Feb Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Qatar2,500,0003,500 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Haotong (4)20.13
23 Feb Magical Kenya Open Kenya2,500,0003,500 Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kruyswijk (1)14.50
2 Mar Investec South African Open Championship South Africa1,500,0003,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Naidoo (1)15.59 AFR
9 Mar Joburg Open South AfricaR20,500,0003,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hill (2)15.02 AFR
23 Mar Porsche Singapore Classic Singapore2,500,0003,500 Flag of England.svg Richard Mansell (1)19.79
30 Mar Hero Indian Open India2,250,0003,500 Flag of Spain.svg Eugenio Chacarra (1)15.91 PGTI
13 Apr Masters Tournament United States21,000,00010,000 Ulster Banner.svg Rory McIlroy (19)100 Major championship
20 Apr Volvo China Open China2,550,0003,500 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Ashun (5)16.75 CHN
27 Apr Hainan Classic China2,550,0003,500 Flag of England.svg Marco Penge (1)16.37 CHN New tournament
11 May Turkish Airlines Open Turkey2,750,0003,500 Flag of France.svg Martin Couvra (1)19.28
18 May PGA Championship United States19,000,00010,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scottie Scheffler (n/a)100 Major championship
25 May Soudal Open Belgium2,750,0003,500 Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan (1)23.24
1 Jun Austrian Alpine Open Austria2,750,0003,500 Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai von Dellingshausen (1)20.82
8 Jun KLM Open Netherlands2,750,0003,500 Flag of Scotland.svg Connor Syme (1)21.13
15 Jun U.S. Open United States21,500,00010,000 Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Spaun (n/a)100 Major championship
29 Jun Italian Open Italy3,000,0003,500 Flag of France.svg Adrien Saddier (1)20.82
6 Jul BMW International Open Germany2,750,0003,500 Flag of England.svg Dan Brown (2)26.55
13 Jul Genesis Scottish Open Scotland9,000,0008,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Gotterup (n/a)69.65 PGAT Rolex Series
13 Jul ISCO Championship United States4,000,0003,500 Flag of the United States.svg William Mouw (n/a)24.28 PGAT
20 Jul The Open Championship Northern Ireland17,000,00010,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scottie Scheffler (n/a)100 Major championship
20 Jul Barracuda Championship United States4,000,0003,500 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Gerard (n/a)28.23 PGAT
10 Aug D+D Real Czech Masters Czech RepublicCancelled [12]
10 Aug Nexo Championship Scotland2,750,0003,500 Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Forrest (2)18.67
17 Aug Danish Golf Championship Denmark2,750,0003,500 Flag of England.svg Marco Penge (2)19.18
24 Aug Betfred British Masters England3,500,0005,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Alex Norén (11)27.61
31 Aug Omega European Masters Switzerland3,250,0005,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence (5)25.65
7 Sep Amgen Irish Open Ireland6,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg34.42
14 Sep BMW PGA Championship England9,000,0008,000Flag placeholder.svg Rolex Series
21 Sep FedEx Open de France France3,250,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
5 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland5,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
12 Oct Open de España Spain3,250,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
19 Oct DP World India Championship India4,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg PGTI New tournament
26 Oct Genesis Championship South Korea4,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg KOR
9 Nov Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship UAE9,000,0009,000Flag placeholder.svgPlayoff event [d]
16 Nov DP World Tour Championship UAE10,000,00012,000Flag placeholder.svgPlayoff event [d]

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinners OWGR
points
Notes
12 Jan Team Cup UAEn/aFlag of the United Kingdom.svgFlag of Ireland.svg Team GB&In/aTeam event
28 Sep Ryder Cup United Statesn/aFlag placeholder.svgn/aTeam event

Race to Dubai

Points distribution

The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2025 European Tour events were as follows: [16]

Finishing positionTotal
pts
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th20th30th40th50th60th
Major championships 10,0001,6651,11362750042435030025022320012090684830
Rolex Series 8,0001,3358895004003392802402001781609672543824
Back 9 tournaments5,0008355553122502121761501251121006045342415
Nedbank Golf Challenge 4,00066544525120017014012010090804836271912
Regular tournaments [e] 3,5005853892191751481221058778704232241711
Other regular tournaments [f] 3,00050033418815012710590756760362720149
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 9,0001,5001,00056545038131527022520118010881614327
DP World Tour Championship 12,0002,0001,335752600509420359300267240144108825836

See also

Notes

  1. One further tournament was cancelled.
  2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
  3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  4. 1 2 Also a Rolex Series tournament.
  5. Tournaments with purses of $2,000,000 and above.
  6. Tournaments with purses below $2,000,000.

References

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  12. 1 2 "Příští rok to bude bez Czech Masters, promotér se nedohodl s žádným hřištěm" [No Czech Masters in the next year, the promoter could not reach an agreement with any course]. Czech Television (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  13. "Scottish Championship to be played at Trump International Golf Links Scotland". PGA European Tour. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  14. "Nexo Becomes First-Ever Digital Wealth Platform of the DP World Tour, launches Nexo Championship". PGA European Tour. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
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  16. "A breakdown of Race to Dubai points available at DP World Tour events". European Tour. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.